Standardization and validation of real time PCR assays for the diagnosis of histoplasmosis using three molecular targets in an animal model

• Luisa F. López,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical and Experimental Mycology Group, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, Colombia

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• César O. Muñoz,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Medical and Experimental Mycology Group, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, Colombia

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• Diego H. Cáceres,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Medical and Experimental Mycology Group, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, Colombia, Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Ángela M. Tobón,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Medical and Experimental Mycology Group, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, Colombia

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• Vladimir Loparev,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software

  Affiliation Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Oliver Clay,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia, Cell and Molecular Biology Group, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, Colombia

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• Tom Chiller,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration

  Affiliation Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Anastasia Litvintseva,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Lalitha Gade,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Ángel González,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Basic and Applied Microbiology Research Group (MICROBA), School of Microbiology, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

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• Beatriz L. Gómez

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: beatrizlgomez@hotmail.com

  Affiliations Medical and Experimental Mycology Group, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, Colombia, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6641-1924

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